Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-25
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
Action Looking to Securing Immigration
and for Local Improvement.


and for Local Improvement
A joint meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the improvement Association,
the Sacramento Board of Trade and the
Sacramento immigration Association was
held last evening at the Improvement As
ISOLATION rooms, DR.. G.. l.. Simmons pre-
siding, and VIM. Ingram, Jr.. Secretary.
The Chairman stated the object of the
meeting to be to take steps to procure from
the Southern Pacific Company, if possible,
the granting of stop-over privileges on the
tickets held by immigrants passing through
Sacramento from the East. He stated that
there seemed to be a general desire ex-
pressed on the part of these passengers TO
stop here long enough to see something
of this section before going further, but
that the present form of their tickets does
not permit this.
The desirablity and advantage to this
section of the State in having the stop-over
privilege extended to these people was the
subject of general and animated discus
sion, which followed, all being very desir-
Gus that the privilege be granted, and ex-
pressing the hope and belief that it would
be upon proper representations of the mat
ter being made TO the proper authorities,
inasmuch as it would be for the interest Of
the railroad company as well as to all the
people of this part OF the State.
At the conclusion of remarks the Chair
was directed to appoint a committee on
the subject, consisting of two from each of
the organizations represented in the meet
lag, and by further motion the Chair was
made a member of the committee, which is
as follows: From the Board of Trade,
Joseph Steffens and Albert Gallatin from
the immigration Association, T. B. Hall
and K. J. Gregory; from the Improvement
Association, B. U. Steinman and P. E.
Plat, and as representing the joint meet
ing. DR.. G. l.. Simmons.
On motion this committee was instructed
to invite such cooperation from principal
towns in the interior as may be deemed ad-
visable, and TO call upon the railroad au-
thorities and present the matter as promptly
as possible. and to report the result at the
next meeting of the Improvement Associa-
ton.
The Sacramento member of the State
Board of Trade was directed to bring the
subject in question before the State Board,
at its meeting in San Francisco to-day, and
to secure its cooperation in this matter.
The subject of raising a continuous fund
for the support of an exhibit near the de-
pot in this city, of our resources, and for
immigration work on incoming trains was
presented and favorably discussed, and rs
result a committee, consisting of T. S.
Parker, D. a. Lindley, V. s McClatcby.
DR.. j. II. Parkinson and H. Weinstock,
was appointed, to obtain, if possible. one
hundred subscribers, or more, at So each,
for the creation and maintenance of a fund
for such purpose.
Tho rpaatino tbaY,
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING.
At the close of the Joint meeting special
meeting of the Executive Committee of rhe
improvement Association was held. Dr.
Simmons presided, and ]. O. Coleman, Sec
rotary.
Mr.. Steffens, Chairman of the Committee
on Manufactures, submitted report, look
ing to the location of new manufacturing
enterprises in this vicinity, and further
action to that end will be made
D. a. Lindley, Chairman of the Committee
on Public Parks, etc, reported concerning
the effort being made to secure from the
stockholders of East Park its donation to
the city, provided the city will accept it
upon the condition of maintaining it as a
public park. Thus far, all stockholders
approached upon the subject have freely
agreed to comply with the arrangement.
but it is difficult to find who most of the
shareholders are.
The improvement Association being en-
titled to two more representatives in the
State Board of Trade, Albert Gallatin and
DR.. G. L. Simmons were selected to COM
plete the representation.
Mr., Alsip made report concerning the
collection of an exhibit from this county
for display al the State Board of Trade
Efforts by advertising and by numerous
communications, he said, had been una
vailing, and that the work of collecting by
persons sent out for this purpose would
now be resorted to
The meeting was then adjourned.